Bodily Fluids: Five Decades of Blood, Phlegm and Bile on the Hospital Frontline

‘Drama and humanity laced with humour both subtle and lurid’ Samer Nashef, author of The Naked Surgeon The Greek physician Hippocrates thought the human body contained blood, phlegm and bile. In the right balance, these fluids produced health; if not, pain. Liam Hughes is very familiar with bodily fluids. He spent nearly five decades on the NHS frontline, ultimately as a senior cardiologist. Extending the Hippocratic list to include sweat, tears, urine, solid waste and spunk (fortitude), he...